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Autor/in | Kwan, A. |
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Titel | Vernier scales and other early devices for precise measurement. |
Quelle | In: American journal of physics, 79 (2011) 4, S. 368-373
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0002-9505; 1943-2909 |
DOI | 10.1119/1.3533717 |
Schlagwörter | Geschichte (Histor); Messgenauigkeit; Länge; Mechanik; Physik; Physikunterricht; Messinstrument |
Abstract | Vernier scales have been extensively used since the 17th century. They replaced the Nonius scale, a unpopular device due to difficulty in its fabrication and use, and they coexisted alongside other types of scales that increased measurement precision and accuracy in complementary ways. I suggest that the success of Vernier and diagonal scales is due not only to simplicity of fabrication, but also to their exploitation of visual hyperacuities. © 2011 American Association of Physics Teachers. |
Erfasst von | Arbeitsgruppe Didaktik der Physik, Universität Osnabrück |
Update | 2011/3 |